EP1851063B1 - Pre-treatment and/or pre-coating of non-adsorbent substrates and/or non-adsorbent support materials - Google Patents

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EP1851063B1
EP1851063B1 EP06706487.3A EP06706487A EP1851063B1 EP 1851063 B1 EP1851063 B1 EP 1851063B1 EP 06706487 A EP06706487 A EP 06706487A EP 1851063 B1 EP1851063 B1 EP 1851063B1
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  • the present invention relates to a pretreatment and / or pre-coating of non-absorbent substrates and / or non-absorbent ink jet substrates, water-based ink jet printing with a pretreatment solution and / or coating.
  • ink printing inkjet printing
  • inkjet printing which are essentially constructed as water based inks. Their course is controlled by the nature of the substrate or of the carrier material. It is often disadvantageous that the printing ink or ink varies with changing substrates and substrates, changing printing speeds and changing compositions of the ink runs or tears and blurs the label, not sufficiently liable and the typeface or the imprint by the Flow behavior is blurred.
  • Conventional ink-jet printing is a non-contact form of digital printing in which printing inks are broken down into individual volume units or drops and are applied to any substrate or support material in a time- and location-dependent manner.
  • Inkjet printing also includes, among others, continuous inkjet printing (CIJ), discontinuous, thermally or piezoelectrically activated inking (drop on demand, DoD), and electronically controlled spraying techniques, such as air brushing.
  • CIJ continuous inkjet printing
  • DoD piezoelectrically activated inking
  • DoD drop on demand
  • DoD piezoelectrically activated inking
  • air brushing electronically controlled spraying techniques
  • inks are printed side by side within a raster, depending on the color order system, whereby the raster determines the resolution of the print.
  • the ink printed on the substrate or carrier material runs depending on the interfacial tension formed between the applied ink and the carrier material and on the structure of the carrier material or substrate itself.
  • the flow rate is determined by the flowability of the printed ink in the course of the process Film formation determined.
  • the course of the ink or printing ink in turn determines the areal coverage and the color distribution, so that the ink wets the substrate or the substrate as completely as possible in terms of a high degree of coverage and distributed as evenly as possible in the sense of a homogeneous color distribution, without in the sense of a defined color distribution to run into each other and to mix, which is undesirable.
  • the print quality is conventionally controlled in terms of a suitable interfacial tension by a chemical pretreatment (cleaning, pickling, chromating, phosphating, paint stripping, oxyfluorination), a physical pretreatment (flame treatment, corona discharge, plaque treatment) or a permanent coating or precoating, in the sense of a high surface coverage and a homogeneous color distribution ensures a wetting surface tension.
  • a chemical pretreatment cleaning, pickling, chromating, phosphating, paint stripping, oxyfluorination
  • a physical pretreatment flame treatment, corona discharge, plaque treatment
  • a permanent coating or precoating in the sense of a high surface coverage and a homogeneous color distribution ensures a wetting surface tension.
  • the conventional methods for controlling the interfacial tension are not universally applicable but to a large extent substrate-specific.
  • DE 102 04 143 A1 discloses ink receptive layers and absorbed inks.
  • the formulations of the ink receptive layers and inks are matched to one another such that chemical crosslinking of the ink receptive layers and the ink occurs.
  • DE 102 04 143 A1 thus relates to a pretreatment in the form of a permanent absorbent layer which chemically crosslinks with the ink.
  • EP 0 480 362 A relates to a starch-containing coating composition which serves as absorbent pretreatment non-absorbent substrates.
  • This pretreatment produces an absorption layer which sucks and absorbs ink applied thereto.
  • the object of the invention is to provide universally applicable pretreatments or precoats for non-absorbent substrates or substrates such as plastics, metals and glass, which, if necessary, in the sense of a high coverage and a homogeneous color distribution wetting surface tensions ensure, and inks to create on such pretreatments or precoat applied in the sense of a defined color distribution prevent intermeshing or mixing of the applied volume units.
  • pretreatments or precoatings precise control of the flowability of the inks, the film formation, the pigment mobility and, if required, the interfacial tension should be universally possible without great technical effort.
  • non-absorbent substrates are printable with ink when they are pretreated with an initiator.
  • the initiator physically, chemically reduces the flowability of the ink applied to the substrate by reducing the solubility of at least one ink component.
  • the nonabsorbent substrate is pretreated by a non-necessarily ink receptive layer of a chemical which causes a change in the fluidity of the ink.
  • This layer does not necessarily crosslink with the ink.
  • the initiator may thus be a temporary or a permanent chemical.
  • the claimed teaching thus relates to an initiator which actively changes the fluidity of the ink.
  • the initiator is not necessarily the ink in one bonded absorbent layer or precoating.
  • the initiator itself does not have to have any absorption properties.
  • a temporary or permanent precoating in particular a coating on a non-absorbent substrate or carrier material prior to the application of the ink, which is sufficient, the flowability of the applied ink, for example triggered by flocculation or agglomeration sufficient to reduce and / or initiate curing or polymerization of the applied ink.
  • the colorant colorants contained in the ink should be permanently fixed on the coating or on the carrier material or substrate.
  • the coating which has at least one initiator and, if necessary, at least one surfactant.
  • the initiator is preferably a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acid or a polyvalent metal salt, such as CaCl 2 or Ca (OH) 2 .
  • the surfactant is preferably a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactant or hydrocolloid. This also means emulsifiers, wetting agents and dispersants.
  • the flow behavior of the ink deposited on the pretreated substrate and / or on the coating can be controlled precisely via the pK s value of the coating or via the pK s value of the initiator if acrylates, such as, for example, polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates are added whose solubility is pH-dependent.
  • acrylates such as, for example, polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates are added whose solubility is pH-dependent.
  • the acidic effect of the initiator can additionally serve to control the flowability of the applied ink for triggering a subsequent curing, in particular a subsequent thermal curing, under which the applied ink crosslinks.
  • amino resins have proven themselves together with cobinders, even low molecular weight cobinders.
  • a substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 has a coating 3 according to the invention, which can be applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2 in any desired coating method.
  • the inventive coating 3 serves to influence the flow behavior of a water-based ink 4, applied by means of ink printing or inkjet printing and / or curing thereof.
  • the ink 4 is applied to the coating 3 or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 by means of conventional methods, ink printers, inkjet printers.
  • any non-absorbent material such as plastics, metals, composite materials, films, glass or the like can be used as substrate 1 or substrate 2.
  • the coating 3 is applied or applied to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 by coating methods such as dipping, rolling, casting, flooding, printing as non-atomizing coating methods.
  • coating methods such as dipping, rolling, casting, flooding, printing as non-atomizing coating methods.
  • other coating methods such as spray coating methods by spraying, spraying liquid coatings, compressed air spraying, airless or high pressure spraying methods, and electrostatic spraying or powder coating methods are also possible to bond the coating 3 to the substrate 2.
  • the ink 4 of the ink jet printing or ink pressure on the coating 3 time or space-dependent applied before applying the ink 4 (inline) on the substrate 1 and substrate 2.
  • the ink 4 it should also be within the scope of the present invention for the ink 4 to be applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2 independently of the application of the coating 3, wherein the coating 3 or the substrate may be applied by means of a tempering device 5 1 applied ink 4 can be heat treated.
  • the coating 3 is produced or formed from at least one initiator and at least one surface-active substance.
  • the coating 3 consisting of initiator and surface-active substance can be completely or partially volatile or can be soluble in the applied printing ink.
  • the ink 4 combines with the coating 3 applied to the substrate 1 or to the carrier material 2.
  • a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactant preferably anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, atnphotosides or Miotenside.
  • anionic surfactants preferably anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, atnphotosides or Miotenside.
  • hydrocolloids can be used as a surfactant and hydrocolloids.
  • the surfactants may be emulsifiers, wetting agents and dispersants.
  • the hydrocolloids may also be dispersants.
  • the essential ingredient in the present coating is the initiator, which is formed as an acid, in particular as a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acid.
  • the initiator used is preferably a mono- or polyfunctional carboxylic acid which has a pK s value of -6 to 15.
  • the initiator which is preferably kept acidic, causes a reduction in the solubility of at least one component of the ink 4 applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2, in particular to the coating 3.
  • the coating 3 or the acid initiator can be used for flocculating a polymeric component or a colorant Component or agglomerate pigments and thus immobilize the ink applied to the substrate 1 4 lead.
  • the initiator can initiate, at least partially or completely, a polymerization of the ink 4 applied to the coating 3 or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2.
  • an ink 4 is used, which in addition to the volatile constituents has an at least partially polymerizable composition.
  • This ink 4 according to the invention has a composition which makes possible with the coating an optimized control of the flow behavior or of the flow behavior.
  • an ink 4 which contains as component acrylates, preferably polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates.
  • the acrylates in particular polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates up to 15% by weight may be contained as a constituent of the aqueous ink 4.
  • all such polymers whose solubility is pH-dependent are suitable in this context.
  • the acid initiator acts as a component of the coating 3 as an accelerator for curing.
  • the composition may be as follows: - Solvent 10-98% by weight - Amino resin, in particular melamine-formaldehyde resins 0.1-50% by weight - Cobindesch, including low molecular weight cobinders, such as bi-, tri-, oglio- or polyfunctional alcohols, inclusive and / or glycols or glycol ethers 0-25% by weight - Surfactants, such as monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactants 0-5% by weight - Biocides, such as bactericide or fungicides 0-5% by weight - pH word stabilizers 0-5% by weight Acrylates, in particular polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates of 0-15% by weight - Dispersing aids of 0-10% by weight - Humectants of 0-20% by weight Colorants, in particular color pigments of 1-10% by weight
  • This preferred composition of the ink 4 has a particularly advantageous effect with the coating resulting from the pretreatment with a solution 3 of the following composition: - Solvent, water and / or alcohol 80-100% by weight - Initiators, in particular inorganic and / or organic acids, such as, for example, monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acids, in particular mono- or polyfunctional carboxylic acids 1-50% by weight
  • - Initiators in particular inorganic and / or organic acids, such as, for example, monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acids, in particular mono- or polyfunctional carboxylic acids 1-50% by weight
  • Surface-active substances such as monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactants, in particular anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants or nonionic surfactants 0-25% by weight
  • the acidic initiator polymerizes the amino resin, in particular melamine-formaldehyde resin, contained in the ink 4, the ink 4, possibly also accelerating thermally, bonding to the coating 3 and / or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 , wherein a Vedaufs is controllable and a flowability of the ink 4 can be rapidly reduced.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Vorbehandlung und/oder Vorbeschichtung von nicht saugfähigen Substraten und/oder nicht saugfähigen Trägermaterialien für den Tintendruck, Tintenstrahldruck mit wasserbasierter Tinte mit einer Vorbehandlungslösung und/oder Beschichtung.The present invention relates to a pretreatment and / or pre-coating of non-absorbent substrates and / or non-absorbent ink jet substrates, water-based ink jet printing with a pretreatment solution and / or coating.

Heutzutage werden niedrigviskose Druckfarben für Tintendruck, Tintenstrahldruck verwendet, die im wesentlichen als wasserbasierende Druckfarben aufgebaut sind. Deren Verlauf wird durch die Beschaffenheit des Substrates bzw. des Trägermaterials gesteuert. Dabei ist häufig nachteilig, dass die Druckfarbe bzw. Tinte bei sich ändernden Substraten und Trägermaterialen, bei sich ändernden Druckgeschwindigkeiten und bei sich ändernden Zusammensetzungen der Tinte unterschiedlich verläuft oder verfliesst und die Beschriftung verwischt, nicht hinreichend haftet und das Schriftbild bzw. der Aufdruck durch das Fliessverhalten unscharf wird. Der herkömmliche Tintenstrahldruck ist eine berührungslose Form eines digitalen Druckes, bei dem Druckfarben in einzelnen Volumeneinheiten, bzw. Tropfen zerlegt, zeit- und ortsabhängig auf ein beliebiges Substrat bzw. Trägermaterial appliziert werden,Nowadays, low viscosity inks are used for ink printing, inkjet printing, which are essentially constructed as water based inks. Their course is controlled by the nature of the substrate or of the carrier material. It is often disadvantageous that the printing ink or ink varies with changing substrates and substrates, changing printing speeds and changing compositions of the ink runs or tears and blurs the label, not sufficiently liable and the typeface or the imprint by the Flow behavior is blurred. Conventional ink-jet printing is a non-contact form of digital printing in which printing inks are broken down into individual volume units or drops and are applied to any substrate or support material in a time- and location-dependent manner.

Der Tintenstrahldruck umfasst auch unter anderem den kontinuierlich arbeitenden Tintenstrahldruck (Continuous Ink Jet, CIJ), den diskontinuierlich arbeitenden, thermisch oder piezoelektrisch aktivierten Tintendruck (Drop on Demand, DoD), sowie elektronisch gesteuerte Aufsprühtechniken, wie beispielsweise Air Brush.Inkjet printing also includes, among others, continuous inkjet printing (CIJ), discontinuous, thermally or piezoelectrically activated inking (drop on demand, DoD), and electronically controlled spraying techniques, such as air brushing.

Für den Farbstrahldruck werden in Abhängigkeit vom Farbordnungssystem verschiedenfarbige Druckfarben innerhalb eines Rasters nebeneinander gedruckt, wobei das Raster die Auflösung des Druckes bestimmt. Dabei verläuft die auf das Substrat oder das Trägermaterial aufgedruckte Tinte in Abhängigkeit von der sich zwischen der aufgebrachten Tinte und dem Trägermaterial ausgebildeten Grenzflächenspannung sowie in Abhängigkeit von der Struktur des Trägermaterials bzw. Substrates selbst. Die Verlaufgeschwindigkeit wird durch die Fliessfähigkeit der aufgedruckten Tinte im Fortgang der Filmbildung bestimmt.For color jet printing, differently colored inks are printed side by side within a raster, depending on the color order system, whereby the raster determines the resolution of the print. The ink printed on the substrate or carrier material runs depending on the interfacial tension formed between the applied ink and the carrier material and on the structure of the carrier material or substrate itself. The flow rate is determined by the flowability of the printed ink in the course of the process Film formation determined.

Der Verlauf der Tinte bzw. Druckfarbe seinerseits bestimmt den Flächendeckungsgrad und die Farbverteilung, so dass die Tinte das Substrat bzw. das Trägermaterial im Sinne eines hohen Flächendeckungsgrades möglichst vollflächig benetzt und sich im Sinne einer homogenen Farbverteilung möglichst gleichmässig verteilt, ohne im Sinne einer definierten Farbverteilung ineinander zu laufen und sich zu vermischen, was unerwünscht ist.The course of the ink or printing ink in turn determines the areal coverage and the color distribution, so that the ink wets the substrate or the substrate as completely as possible in terms of a high degree of coverage and distributed as evenly as possible in the sense of a homogeneous color distribution, without in the sense of a defined color distribution to run into each other and to mix, which is undesirable.

Niedrigviskose Tinten für den Tintenstrahldruck, deren Filmbildung zeitlich von der Lösungsmittelverdunstung bestimmt ist, machen im Sinne einer guten Druckqualität eine Steuerung der für den Verlauf der Tinte massgeblichen Einflussgrössen, wie Grenzflächenspannung und Fliessfähigkeit notwendig. Diese Steuerung ist unzureichend gelöst.Low-viscosity inks for ink-jet printing, whose film formation is determined by the time of solvent evaporation, make it necessary in the interests of good print quality to control the variables influencing the course of the ink, such as interfacial tension and flowability. This control is insufficiently solved.

Die Druckqualität wird im Sinne einer geeigneten Grenzflächenspannung herkömmlich durch eine chemische Vorbehandlung (Reinigen, Beizen, Chromatieren, Phosphatieren, Entlacken, Oxyfluorierung), eine physikalische Vorbehandlung (Beflammung, Coronna-Entladung, Plamabehandlung) oder eine dauerhafte Beschichtung oder VorbeSchichtung gesteuert, die im Sinne eines hohen Flächendeckungsgrades und einer homogenen Farbverteilung eine benetzende Grenzflächenspannung sicherstellt. Die herkömmlichen Verfahren zur Steuerung der Grenzflächenspannung sind nicht universell einsetzbar sondern in hohem Mass substratspezifisch.The print quality is conventionally controlled in terms of a suitable interfacial tension by a chemical pretreatment (cleaning, pickling, chromating, phosphating, paint stripping, oxyfluorination), a physical pretreatment (flame treatment, corona discharge, plaque treatment) or a permanent coating or precoating, in the sense of a high surface coverage and a homogeneous color distribution ensures a wetting surface tension. The conventional methods for controlling the interfacial tension are not universally applicable but to a large extent substrate-specific.

Andererseits wir die Druckqualität im Sinne eines geeigneten Verlaufsverhaltens herkömmlich dadurch gesteuert, dass die Abnahme der Fliessfähigkeit der applizierten, niedrigviskosen Druckfarbe im Fortgang der Filmbildung physikalisch (Wärmetrocknung, Konvektionstrocknung) oder photophysikalisch (UV-Trocknung) beschleunigt wird, um ein ineinander Laufen und Vermischen der Tinte im Sinne einer definierten Farbverteilung zu verhindern. Damit ist in der Regel ein hoher technischer Aufwand verbunden.On the other hand, we control the print quality in terms of a suitable leveling behavior conventionally that the decrease in the flowability of the applied, low-viscosity ink in the course of film formation physically (heat drying, convection drying) or photophysically (UV drying) is accelerated to run into one another and mixing Prevent ink in the sense of a defined color distribution. This is usually associated with a high technical effort.

DE 102 04 143 A1 offenbart Farbaufnahmeschichten und absorbierte Tinten. Die Formulierungen der Farbaufnahmeschichten und der Tinten sind derart auf einander abgestimmt, dass es zu einer chemischen Vernetzung der Farbaufnahmeschichten und der Tinte kommt. DE 102 04 143 A1 betrifft somit eine Vorbehandlung in Form einer dauerhaften absorbierenden Schicht, die chemisch mit der Tinte vernetzt. DE 102 04 143 A1 discloses ink receptive layers and absorbed inks. The formulations of the ink receptive layers and inks are matched to one another such that chemical crosslinking of the ink receptive layers and the ink occurs. DE 102 04 143 A1 thus relates to a pretreatment in the form of a permanent absorbent layer which chemically crosslinks with the ink.

EP 0 480 362 A betrifft ein Stärke enthaltendes Beschichtungsmittel, welches als absorbierende Vorbehandlung noch nicht saugfähigen Substraten dient. Durch diese Vorbehandlung wird eine Absorptionsschicht erzeugt, die darauf aufgebrachte Tinte ansaugt und absorbiert. EP 0 480 362 A relates to a starch-containing coating composition which serves as absorbent pretreatment non-absorbent substrates. By This pretreatment produces an absorption layer which sucks and absorbs ink applied thereto.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist, universell einsetzbare Vorbehandlungen oder Vorbeschichtungen für nicht saugende Substrate oder Trägermaterialien wie Kunststoffe, Metalle und Glas zu schaffen, die, falls erforderlich, im Sinne eines hohen Flächendeckungsgrades und einer homogenen Farbverteilung benetzende Grenzflächenspannungen sicherstellen, und Tinten zu schaffen, die auf solchen Vorbehandlungen oder Vorbeschichtungen aufgebracht im Sinne einer definierten Farbverteilung ein ineinander Laufen oder Vermischen der applizierten Volumeneinheiten unterbinden. Mit diesen Vorbehandlungen oder Vorbeschichtungen soll eine genaue Steuerung der Fliesfähigkeit der Tinten, der Filmbildung, der Pigmentbeweglichkeit und, falls erforderlich, der Grenzflächenspannung ohne hohen technischen Aufwand universell möglich sein.The object of the invention is to provide universally applicable pretreatments or precoats for non-absorbent substrates or substrates such as plastics, metals and glass, which, if necessary, in the sense of a high coverage and a homogeneous color distribution wetting surface tensions ensure, and inks to create on such pretreatments or precoat applied in the sense of a defined color distribution prevent intermeshing or mixing of the applied volume units. With these pretreatments or precoatings, precise control of the flowability of the inks, the film formation, the pigment mobility and, if required, the interfacial tension should be universally possible without great technical effort.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe führen die Merkmale des Kennzeichens des Anspruches 1.To achieve this object, the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.

Erfindungsgemäß ist erkannt worden, dass nicht saugfähige Substrate mit Tinte bedruckbar sind, wenn sie mit einem Initiator vorbehandelt sind. In erfindungsgemäßer Weise vermindert der Initiator physikalisch, chemisch durch Reduzierung der Löslichkeit zumindest eines Tintenbestandteils die Fließfähigkeit der auf das Substrat aufgebrachten Tinte.According to the invention it has been recognized that non-absorbent substrates are printable with ink when they are pretreated with an initiator. In accordance with the invention, the initiator physically, chemically reduces the flowability of the ink applied to the substrate by reducing the solubility of at least one ink component.

Entgegen dem genannten Stand der Technik ist somit nicht eine dauerhaft absorbierende, mit Tinte vernetzende Schicht vorgesehen. Vielmehr wird das nicht saugfähige Substrat durch eine nicht notwendigerweise Farbe aufnehmende Schicht einer Chemikalie, die eine Veränderung der Fließfähigkeit der Tinte bewirkt, vorbehandelt. Diese Schicht muss nicht notwendigerweise mit der Tinte vernetzen. Bei dem Initiator kann es sich somit um eine temporäre oder eine permanente Chemikalie handeln.Contrary to the cited prior art, therefore, a permanently absorbing, ink-crosslinking layer is not provided. Rather, the nonabsorbent substrate is pretreated by a non-necessarily ink receptive layer of a chemical which causes a change in the fluidity of the ink. This layer does not necessarily crosslink with the ink. The initiator may thus be a temporary or a permanent chemical.

Die beanspruchte Lehre betrifft somit einen Initiator, der aktiv die Fließfähigkeit der Tinte ändert. Der Initiator ist jedoch nicht notwendigerweise in einer die Tinte absorbierenden Schicht bzw. Vorbeschichtung gebunden. Des Weiteren muss der Initiator selbst keine Absorptionseigenschaften aufweisen.The claimed teaching thus relates to an initiator which actively changes the fluidity of the ink. However, the initiator is not necessarily the ink in one bonded absorbent layer or precoating. Furthermore, the initiator itself does not have to have any absorption properties.

Bei der vorliegenden Erfindung hat sich als besonders vorteilhaft erwiesen, eine temporäre oder permanente Vorbeschichtung, insbesondere eine Beschichtung auf ein nicht saugfähiges Substrat oder Trägermaterial vor dem Aufbringen der Tinte aufzubringen, welche geeignet ist, die Fliessfähigkeit der aufgebrachten Tinte beispielsweise ausgelöst durch Flockulierung oder Agglomerisierung ausreichend zu vermindern und/oder ein Aushärten bzw. eine Polymerisation der applizierten Tinte auszulösen.In the present invention, it has proven to be particularly advantageous to apply a temporary or permanent precoating, in particular a coating on a non-absorbent substrate or carrier material prior to the application of the ink, which is sufficient, the flowability of the applied ink, for example triggered by flocculation or agglomeration sufficient to reduce and / or initiate curing or polymerization of the applied ink.

Ferner sollen die in der Tinte enthaltenen farbgebenden Farbmittel auf der Beschichtung bzw. auf dem Trägermaterial oder Substrat dauerhaft fixiert werden.Furthermore, the colorant colorants contained in the ink should be permanently fixed on the coating or on the carrier material or substrate.

Es hat sich als besonders vorteilhaft erwiesen, eine Beschichtung zu wählen, welche zumindest einen Initiator aufweist und, falls erforderlich, zumindest einen grenzflächenaktiven Stoff. Der Initiator ist vorzugsweise eine monomere, oligomere oder polymere Säure oder ein mehrwertiges Metallsalz, wie bspw. CaCl2 oder Ca(OH)2.It has proven to be particularly advantageous to choose a coating which has at least one initiator and, if necessary, at least one surfactant. The initiator is preferably a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acid or a polyvalent metal salt, such as CaCl 2 or Ca (OH) 2 .

Der grenzflächenaktive Stoff ist vorzugsweise ein monomeres, oligomeres oder polymeres Tensid oder ein Hydrokolloid. Damit sind auch Emulgatoren, Netzmittel und Dispergiermittel gemeint.The surfactant is preferably a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactant or hydrocolloid. This also means emulsifiers, wetting agents and dispersants.

Gerade über den pKs-Wert der Beschichtung bzw. über den pKs-Wert des Initiators lässt sich das Fliesverhalten der Tinte, aufgebracht auf dem vorbehandelten Substrat und/oder auf der Beschichtung steuern, wenn in der Tinte Acrylate, wie bspw. Polyacrylate und/oder Polymethacrylate zugesetzt sind, deren Löslichkeit pH-Wertabhängig ist. Die saure Wirkung des Initiators kann zusätzlich zur Steuerung der Fliessfähigkeit der applizierten Tinte zur Auslösung einer nachfolgenden Härtung, insbesondere einer nachfolgenden thermischen Härtung dienen, unter der die applizierte Tinte vernetzt. Für die Vernetzungsreaktion haben sich Aminoharze zusammen mit Cobindemitteln, auch niedermolekularen Cobindemitteln bewährt.The flow behavior of the ink deposited on the pretreated substrate and / or on the coating can be controlled precisely via the pK s value of the coating or via the pK s value of the initiator if acrylates, such as, for example, polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates are added whose solubility is pH-dependent. The acidic effect of the initiator can additionally serve to control the flowability of the applied ink for triggering a subsequent curing, in particular a subsequent thermal curing, under which the applied ink crosslinks. For the crosslinking reaction, amino resins have proven themselves together with cobinders, even low molecular weight cobinders.

Auf diese Weise ist eine exakte Steuerung des VerlaufVerhaltens der Tinte möglich. Unter dem Einfluss der Säure dickt die aufgebrachte Tinte sofort ein.In this way, an exact control of the flow behavior of the ink is possible. Under the influence of acid, the applied ink thickens immediately.

Hierdurch lässt sich entsprechend des pKs-Wertes des Initiators Einfluss nehmen auf das Fliesverhalten der aufgebrachten Tinte und die Härtung des sich ausbildenden Filmes.As a result, it is possible to influence the flow behavior of the applied ink and the hardening of the film to be formed in accordance with the pK s value of the initiator.

Weitere Vorteile, Merkmale und Einzelheiten der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung bevorzugter Ausführungsbeispiele sowie anhand der Zeichnung; diese zeigt in

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eine schematisch dargestellte Seitenansicht auf ein Substrat und/oder Trägermaterial, beschichtet mit einer erfindungsgemässen- Vorbeschichtung, welches mittels Tintendruck oder Tintenstrahldruck bedruckt wird;
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eine schematisch dargestellte Seitenansicht auf eine Vorbehandlung eines Substrates und/oder Trägermaterials, versehen mit einer erfindungsgemässen Beschichtung auf welches mittels Tintendruck oder Tintenstrahldruck gedruckt wird, als weiteres Ausführungsbeispiel.
Further advantages, features and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments and from the drawing; this shows in
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a schematically illustrated side view of a substrate and / or carrier material, coated with a novel pre-coating, which is printed by means of ink printing or inkjet printing;
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a schematically illustrated side view of a pretreatment of a substrate and / or carrier material, provided with a novel coating on which is printed by ink printing or ink jet printing, as a further embodiment.

Gemäss Figur 1 weist ein Substrat 1 und/oder Trägermaterial 2 bei der vorliegenden Erfindung eine erfindungsgemässe Beschichtung 3 auf, die mit dem Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2 in beliebigen Beschichtungsverfahren aufgebracht werden kann.According to FIG. 1 For example, in the present invention, a substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 has a coating 3 according to the invention, which can be applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2 in any desired coating method.

Die erfindungsgemässe Beschichtung 3 dient der Einflussnahme auf das Fliessverhalten einer wasserbasierenden Tinte 4, aufgebracht mittels Tintendruck bzw. Tintentrahldruck und/oder deren Härtung.The inventive coating 3 serves to influence the flow behavior of a water-based ink 4, applied by means of ink printing or inkjet printing and / or curing thereof.

Die Tinte 4 wird mittels herkömmlichen Verfahren, Tintendrucker, Tintenstrahldrucker auf die Beschichtung 3 bzw. auf das Substrat 1 und/oder Trägermaterial 2 aufgebracht.The ink 4 is applied to the coating 3 or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 by means of conventional methods, ink printers, inkjet printers.

Als Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2 können beliebige nicht saugfähige Materialen, wie Kunststoffe, Metalle, Kompositwerkstoffe, Folien, Glas oder dgl. verwendet werden.Any non-absorbent material such as plastics, metals, composite materials, films, glass or the like can be used as substrate 1 or substrate 2.

Ferner wird die Beschichtung 3 durch Beschichtungsverfahren, wie Tauchen, Walzen, Giessen, Fluten, Bedrucken als nicht zerstäubende Beschichtungsverfahren auf das Substrat 1 und/oder Trägermaterial 2 aufgetragen bzw. aufgebracht. Es sind jedoch auch andere Beschichtungsverfahren, wie Spritzbeschichtungsverfahren durch Spritzen, Sprühen von Flüssigbeschichtungen, Druckluftspritzen, Airless- oder Hochdruck-Spritzverfahren sowie elektrostatisches Sprühen oder Pulverbeschichtungsverfahren möglich, um die Beschichtung 3 mit dem Trägermaterial 2 zu verbinden.Furthermore, the coating 3 is applied or applied to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 by coating methods such as dipping, rolling, casting, flooding, printing as non-atomizing coating methods. However, other coating methods such as spray coating methods by spraying, spraying liquid coatings, compressed air spraying, airless or high pressure spraying methods, and electrostatic spraying or powder coating methods are also possible to bond the coating 3 to the substrate 2.

Dabei soll im Rahmen der vorliegenden Erfindung liegen, dass die Tinte 4 des Tintenstrahldruck oder Tintendruck auf die Beschichtung 3 zeit- oder raumabhängig vor dem Aufbringen der Tinte 4 (inline) auf das Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2 aufgebracht wird. Auch soll jedoch im Rahmen der vorliegenden Erfindung liegen, dass die Tinte 4 zeitlich unabhängig von dem Aufbringen der Beschichtung 3 auf das Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2 aufgebracht wird, wobei ggf. mittels einer Temperiereinrichtung 5 die auf die Beschichtung 3 bzw. auf das Substrat 1 aufgebrachte Tinte 4 wärmebehandelt werden kann.It should be in the context of the present invention that the ink 4 of the ink jet printing or ink pressure on the coating 3 time or space-dependent applied before applying the ink 4 (inline) on the substrate 1 and substrate 2. However, it should also be within the scope of the present invention for the ink 4 to be applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2 independently of the application of the coating 3, wherein the coating 3 or the substrate may be applied by means of a tempering device 5 1 applied ink 4 can be heat treated.

Als besonders vorteilhaft hat sich bei der vorliegenden Erfindung erwiesen, dass die Beschichtung 3 aus zumindest einem Initiator und zumindest einem grenzflächenaktiven Stoff hergestellt bzw. gebildet wird. Hierdurch soll im Sinne einer definierten Farbverteilung eine ausreichend schnelle Verminderung bzw. Reduktion der Fliessfähigkeit der auf Beschichtung 3 und/oder Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2 aufgebrachten Tinte 4 erfolgen bzw. chemisch induziert werden. Dabei kann die Beschichtung 3, bestehend aus Initiator und grenzflächenaktiven Stoff ganz oder teilweise flüchtig ausgebildet sein oder in der aufgebrachten Druckfarbe löslich sein. Die Tinte 4 verbindet sich mit der auf dem Substrat 1 bzw. auf dem Trägermaterial 2 aufgebrachten Beschichtung 3.It has proven to be particularly advantageous in the present invention that the coating 3 is produced or formed from at least one initiator and at least one surface-active substance. In this way, in the sense of a defined color distribution, a sufficiently rapid reduction or reduction of the flowability of the ink 4 applied to the coating 3 and / or substrate 1 or carrier material 2 is to be effected or chemically induced. In this case, the coating 3 consisting of initiator and surface-active substance can be completely or partially volatile or can be soluble in the applied printing ink. The ink 4 combines with the coating 3 applied to the substrate 1 or to the carrier material 2.

Dabei hat sich als vorteilhaft erwiesen, als Bestandteil der Beschichtung 3 als grenzflächenaktiven Stoff ein monomeres, oligomeres oder polymeres Tensid, vorzugsweise Aniontenside, Kationtenside, Atnphotenside oder Miotenside zu verwenden. Als grenzflächenaktiver Stoff können auch Hydrokolloide verwendet werden. Dabei können die Tenside Emulgatoren, Netzmittel und Dispergiermittel sein. Die Hydrokolloide können ebenfalls Dispergiermittel sein.It has proven to be advantageous to use as component of the coating 3 as surfactant a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactant, preferably anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, atnphotosides or Miotenside. As a surfactant and hydrocolloids can be used. The surfactants may be emulsifiers, wetting agents and dispersants. The hydrocolloids may also be dispersants.

Der wesentliche Bestandteil bei der vorliegende Beschichtung ist der Initiator, der als Säure, insbesondere als eine monomere, oligomere oder polymere Säure ausgebildet ist. Vorzugsweise wird als Initiator eine mono-oder polyfunktionelle Carbonsäure verwendet, die einen pKs-Wert von -6 bis 15 aufweist. Dabei bewirkt der vorzugsweise sauer gehaltene Initiator eine Herabsetzung der Löslichkeit zumindest einer Komponente der auf das Substrat 1 bzw. Trägermaterial 2, insbesondere auf die Beschichtung 3 aufgebrachten Tinte 4. Die Beschichtung 3 bzw. der saure Initiator kann zur Flockulierung einer polymeren Komponente oder einer farbgebenden Komponente oder zur Agglomerisierung von Pigmenten und damit zur Immobilisierung der auf das Substrat 1 aufgebrachten Tinte 4 führen.The essential ingredient in the present coating is the initiator, which is formed as an acid, in particular as a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acid. The initiator used is preferably a mono- or polyfunctional carboxylic acid which has a pK s value of -6 to 15. In this case, the initiator, which is preferably kept acidic, causes a reduction in the solubility of at least one component of the ink 4 applied to the substrate 1 or carrier material 2, in particular to the coating 3. The coating 3 or the acid initiator can be used for flocculating a polymeric component or a colorant Component or agglomerate pigments and thus immobilize the ink applied to the substrate 1 4 lead.

Zudem kann der Initiator zumindest teilweise oder vollständig eine Polymerisation der auf die Beschichtung 3 bzw. auf das Substrat 1 und/oder Trägermaterial 2 aufgebrachten Tinte 4 auslösen.In addition, the initiator can initiate, at least partially or completely, a polymerization of the ink 4 applied to the coating 3 or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2.

Ferner hat sich als vorteilhaft bei der vorliegenden Erfindung erwiesen, dass eine Tinte 4 verwendet wird, welche neben den flüchtigen Bestandteilen eine zumindest teilweise polymerisierbare Zusammensetzung aufweist. Diese erfindungsgemässe Tinte 4 weist eine Zusammensetzung auf, die mit der Beschichtung eine optimierte Steuerung des Verlaufsverhaltens bzw. des Fliessverhaltens ermöglicht.Furthermore, it has proved to be advantageous in the present invention that an ink 4 is used, which in addition to the volatile constituents has an at least partially polymerizable composition. This ink 4 according to the invention has a composition which makes possible with the coating an optimized control of the flow behavior or of the flow behavior.

Durch den Initiator der Beschichtung 3 lässt sich ein Verlaufverhalten der Tinte 4 entsprechend steuern.By the initiator of the coating 3, a flow behavior of the ink 4 can be controlled accordingly.

Hierzu hat sich als besonders vorteilhaft erwiesen, eine Tinte 4 zu verwenden, die als Bestandteil Acrylate, vorzugsweise Polyacrylate und/oder Polymethacrylate enthält. Dabei können die Acrylate, insbesondere Polyacrylate und/oder Polymethracrylate bis zu 15 Gew% als Bestandteil der wässrigen Tinte 4 enthalten sein. Grundsätzlich sind in diesem Zusammenhang alle solchen Polymere geeignet, deren Löslichkeit pH-Wert abhängig ist.For this purpose, it has proved to be particularly advantageous to use an ink 4 which contains as component acrylates, preferably polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates. In this case, the acrylates, in particular polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates up to 15% by weight may be contained as a constituent of the aqueous ink 4. In principle, all such polymers whose solubility is pH-dependent are suitable in this context.

Zudem wirkt der saure Initiator als Bestandteil der Beschichtung 3 als Beschleuniger zur Aushärtung.In addition, the acid initiator acts as a component of the coating 3 as an accelerator for curing.

Dabei kann die Zusammensetzung wie folgt sein: - Lösungsmittel 10-98 Gew% - Aminoharz, insbesondere Melamin-Formaldehyd-Harze 0,1-50 Gew% - Cobindemittel, auch niedermolekulare Cobindemittel,wie bi-, tri-, oglio- oder polyfunktionelle Alkohole,inklusiv und/oder Glykole oder Glykolether 0-25 Gew% - Grenzflächenaktive Stoffe, wie monomere, oligomereoder polymere Tenside 0-5 Gew% - Biozide, wie Bakterizid oder Fungizide 0-5 Gew% - pH-Wort-Stabilisatoren 0-5 Gew% - Acrylate, insbesondere Polyacrylate und/oderPolymethacrylate von 0-15 Gew% - Dispergierhilfen von 0-10 Gew% - Feuchthaltemittel von 0-20 Gew% - Farbmittel, insbesondere Farbpigmente von 1-10 Gew% The composition may be as follows: - Solvent 10-98% by weight - Amino resin, in particular melamine-formaldehyde resins 0.1-50% by weight - Cobindemittel, including low molecular weight cobinders, such as bi-, tri-, oglio- or polyfunctional alcohols, inclusive and / or glycols or glycol ethers 0-25% by weight - Surfactants, such as monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactants 0-5% by weight - Biocides, such as bactericide or fungicides 0-5% by weight - pH word stabilizers 0-5% by weight Acrylates, in particular polyacrylates and / or polymethacrylates of 0-15% by weight - Dispersing aids of 0-10% by weight - Humectants of 0-20% by weight Colorants, in particular color pigments of 1-10% by weight

Diese bevorzugte Zusammensetzung der Tinte 4 wirkt besonders vorteilhaft mit der Beschichtung resultierend aus der Vorbehandlung mit einer Lösung 3 folgender Zusammensetzung: - Lösungsmittel, Wasser und/oder Alkohol 80-100 Gew% - Initatoren, insbesondere anorganische und/oderorganische Säuren, wie bspw. monomere, oligomere oder polymere Säuren, insbesondere mono- oder polyfunktionelle Karbonsäuren 1-50 Gew% - grenzflächenaktive Stoffe, wie monomere, oligomere oder polymere Tenside, insbsondere Aniontenside, Kationtenside, Amphotenside oder Niotenside 0-25 Gew% This preferred composition of the ink 4 has a particularly advantageous effect with the coating resulting from the pretreatment with a solution 3 of the following composition: - Solvent, water and / or alcohol 80-100% by weight - Initiators, in particular inorganic and / or organic acids, such as, for example, monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acids, in particular mono- or polyfunctional carboxylic acids 1-50% by weight Surface-active substances, such as monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactants, in particular anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants or nonionic surfactants 0-25% by weight

Durch den sauren Initiator wird das in der Tinte 4 enthaltene Aminoharz, insbesondere Melamin-Formaldehyd-Harz polymerisiert, wobei sich die Tinte 4, ggf. auch thermisch beschleunigt, mit der Beschichtung 3 und/oder mit den Substrat 1 und/oder Trägermaterial 2 verbindet, wobei ein Vedaufsverhalten steuerbar ist und eine Fliessfähigkeit der Tinte 4 schnell verminderbar ist. Dies führt dazu, dass sehr hoch beständige, hochhaftende, sehr widerstandsfähige und lichtechte Beschriftungen bzw. Bedruckungen von Tinten 4 auf beliebigen Substraten 1 bzw. Trägermaterialien 2, durch die Beschichtung 3, insbesondere Vorbeschichtung, ermöglicht werden.The acidic initiator polymerizes the amino resin, in particular melamine-formaldehyde resin, contained in the ink 4, the ink 4, possibly also accelerating thermally, bonding to the coating 3 and / or to the substrate 1 and / or carrier material 2 , wherein a Vedaufsverhalten is controllable and a flowability of the ink 4 can be rapidly reduced. This leads to very high-resistant, highly adhesive, very resistant and lightfast labels or imprints of inks 4 on any substrates 1 or carrier materials 2, by the coating 3, in particular precoating, are made possible.

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Claims (13)

  1. Pretreatment and/or precoating with a pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3) of non-absorbent substrates (1) and/or non-absorbent support materials (2) for ink printing, inkjet printing with water-based ink (4),
    characterised in that, by means of the pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3), there is applied at least one initiator which, for the purpose of a defined colour distribution, physically or chemically induces a sufficiently rapid reduction in the flowability by reducing the solubility of at least one ink component, in order to prevent the ink (4) applied to the substrate (1) and/or support material (2) from running.
  2. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to claim 1, characterised in that the pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3), comprising at least one initiator, is applied to the surface of a substrate (1) and/or support material (2) by non-atomising coating methods such as dipping, roller-coating, casting, flooding, printing, by spray coating methods such as the spraying or atomisation of liquid coatings, compressed-air spraying, airless or high-pressure spraying, electrostatic spraying, or by powder coating methods.
  3. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3), comprising at least one initiator, is applied to the substrate (1) or support material (2) in a time- or space-dependent manner prior to application of the ink (4).
  4. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3), comprising at least one initiator, is applied to the substrate (1) or support material (2) in a time-independent manner prior to application of the ink (4).
  5. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the ink (4) applied to the coated substrate (1) or support material (2) binds to the substrate (1) and in particular to the coating (3), comprising at least one initiator, the coating (3) being soluble in the applied ink (4).
  6. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the coating (3) is wholly or partly volatile.
  7. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the coating (3) comprises a surface-active substance which is a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric surfactant or a hydrocolloid, wherein
    there are used as the surface-active substance preferably anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, ampho-surfactants or non-ionic sufactants and/or wherein there are used as the surfactant preferably emulsifiers, wetting agents and dispersing agents.
  8. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that there is used as the initiator a polyvalent metal salt, such as, for example, CaCl2 or Ca(OH)2.
  9. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that there is used as the initiator of the pretreatment solution (3) and/or coating (3) a monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric acid, wherein
    the initiator has a pKs value preferably in the range of from -6 to 15, and/or there is used as the initiator preferably a mono- or poly-functional carboxylic acid.
  10. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the coating (3) reduces the solubility of at least one preferably polymeric component or one of the colour-giving components of the applied ink (4).
  11. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the coating (3) leads to the coming together of one component or of a plurality of components such as, for example, to the flocculation or agglomeration of at least a polymeric component or a pigment component of the ink (4) applied to the substrate (1) or support material (2).
  12. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the coating (3) induces partial or complete polymerisation of the ink (4) applied to the substrate (1) or support material (2).
  13. Pretreatment and/or precoating according to at least one of claims 1 to 12, characterised in that the coating (3) induces partial or complete polymerisation of the ink (4) applied to the substrate (1) and/or support material (2), the polymerisation of the ink (4) applied to the coating (3) of the substrate taking place without or with thermal acceleration, wherein
    the coating (3) is able to induce partial or complete polycondensation of the ink (4) applied to the substrate (1) and/or support material (2).
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